Starting the Agent Only ..................................................................................................................36
Windows.............................................................................................................................37
Linux or VMware.................................................................................................................37
Solaris..................................................................................................................................37
Creating Logical Drives.................................................................................................................................39
Express Configuration .....................................................................................................................39
Custom Configuration......................................................................................................................41
6 Protecting Your Data.............................................................................................................................................45
Hot Spare Limitations......................................................................................................................45
Deleting a Global Hot Spare ............................................................................................................47
Enabling Copyback.......................................................................................................................................49
Enabling Automatic Failover........................................................................................................................50
7 Modifying Your Storage Space..............................................................................................................................52
Understanding Logical Drives.......................................................................................................................52
Fine-tuning Logical Drives............................................................................................................................55
Renaming a Logical Drive.................................................................................................................55
Changing the Stripe Size .................................................................................................................57
Verifying Logical Drives................................................................................................................................58
Erasing a Logical Drive..................................................................................................................................62
Deleting a Logical Drive................................................................................................................................62
8 Working with Scheduled Tasks..............................................................................................................................71
Scheduling a Task.........................................................................................................................................71
Monitoring Tasks .........................................................................................................................................72
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